Reverse engineering gene network identifies new dysferlin-interacting proteins

J Biol Chem. 2011 Feb 18;286(7):5404-13. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.173559. Epub 2010 Nov 30.

Abstract

Dysferlin (DYSF) is a type II transmembrane protein implicated in surface membrane repair of muscle. Mutations in dysferlin lead to Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy 2B (LGMD2B), Miyoshi Myopathy (MM), and Distal Myopathy with Anterior Tibialis onset (DMAT). The DYSF protein complex is not well understood, and only a few protein-binding partners have been identified thus far. To increase the set of interacting protein partners for DYSF we recovered a list of predicted interacting protein through a systems biology approach. The predictions are part of a "reverse-engineered" genome-wide human gene regulatory network obtained from experimental data by computational analysis. The reverse-engineering algorithm behind the analysis relates genes to each other based on changes in their expression patterns. DYSF and AHNAK were used to query the system and extract lists of potential interacting proteins. Among the 32 predictions the two genes share, we validated the physical interaction between DYSF protein with moesin (MSN) and polymerase I and transcript release factor (PTRF) in mouse heart lysate, thus identifying two novel Dysferlin-interacting proteins. Our strategy could be useful to clarify Dysferlin function in intracellular vesicles and its implication in muscle membrane resealing.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Animals
  • COS Cells
  • Cell Membrane / genetics
  • Cell Membrane / metabolism*
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Distal Myopathies / genetics
  • Distal Myopathies / metabolism
  • Dysferlin
  • Gene Expression Regulation*
  • Humans
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Mutant Strains
  • Muscle Proteins / genetics
  • Muscle Proteins / metabolism*
  • Muscular Atrophy / genetics
  • Muscular Atrophy / metabolism
  • Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle / genetics
  • Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle / metabolism

Substances

  • DYSF protein, human
  • Dysf protein, mouse
  • Dysferlin
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Muscle Proteins

Supplementary concepts

  • Miyoshi myopathy